Stakes Is High

Stakes Is High er fjórða De La Soul fløga í fullari longd, og fyrsta fløga Prince Paul ikki produceraði fyri teir. Fløgan varð útgivin í 1996, tá vesturstrondin í USA domineraði marknaðin, og tað var klandur millum eystur og vestur av hip hop verðini, serliga millum Los Angeles og New York. Teir tríggjir newyorkararnir góvu eisini sína meining um útviklingina av hip hop í vestari síðuni av landinum. Populert hip hop í hesi tíðini var gangsta rap, serstakliga í Los Angeles. Í sanginum "Stakes Is High" gjørdu teir eitt innslag um evnið, og teir vóru ikki smædnir at siga tað beint fram. Í sanginum "The Bizness" eru teir eisini kritiskir yvir fyri nýggja síðusporinum musikkurin og kultururin var farin. Eisini "Itzsoweezee" er kritikkur um hip hop, og teir fara eftir teimum sum dyrka vold í hip hop. Hesu ferð stendur mafioso rap fyri skotum. Trugoy heldur fyri: "[...]them Cubans don't care what y'all niggaz do / Colombians ain't never ran with your crew / Why you acting all spicy and sheisty / The only Italians you knew was icees[...]".

Fløgan hevur eina kronologiska framgongd. Hon byrjar við brotum av fólkum sum fortelja nær tey fyrst hoyrdu ta legendarisku og grundbrótandu fløguna hjá BDP, "Criminal Minded", og hettar er byrjanin ífylgi 'De La Soul'. Nøkur brot eru í miðjuni, so sum eitt brot har ein maður úr suðurstatunum sigur heldur rasistiskt hví hann ikki dámar rap, og eitt annað har ein heimleysur maður tosar um harða lívið hjá honum á gøtuni. Í seinasta sangi "Sunshine" er eitt brot har tað verður sagt "When I first heard 3 Feet High and Rising, I was - ", og sangurin er avbrotin. Teir seta sína fyrstu fløgu á sama støði sum fyrsta fløgan hjá Boogie Down Production. Stakes Is High fekk góðar umtalir, fleiri vildu sagt hetta var eitt teirra besta verk, men tað seldi allíkavæl ikki gott.


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# Title Notes
1 "Intro"

Songwriters: K. Mercer, D. Jolicoeur, V. Mason
Sample: "Sing a Simple Song" by Jackson 5

2 "Supa Emcees"

Songwriters: K. Mercer, D. Jolicoeur, V. Mason
Sample: "La Di Da Di" by Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh
Sample: "Summer Samba" by Walter Wanderley
Sample: "Adventures of Super Rhyme" by Jimmy Spicer
Sample: "Run's House" by Run D.M.C.

3 "The Bizness"

Songwriters: K. Mercer, D. Jolicoeur, V. Mason, L. Lynn

4 "Wonce Again Long Island"

Songwriters: K. Mercer, D. Jolicoeur, V. Mason
Sample: "Who's Making Love" by Lou Donaldson

5 "Dinninit"

Songwriters: K. Mercer, D. Jolicoeur, V. Mason, X. Hargrove, M. Jackson
Sample: "Enchanted Lady" by Milt Jackson

6 "Brakes"

Songwriters: K. Mercer, D. Jolicoeur, V. Mason, R. Hodby, C. Jimenez, L. Mack
Sample: "The Breaks" by Kurtis Blow
Sample: "P.S.K. (What Does It Mean)" by Schooly D
Sample: "It's Your Rock" by Fantasy Three
Sample: "Children's Story" by Slick Rick

7 "Dog Eat Dog"

Songwriters: K. Mercer, D. Jolicoeur, V. Mason
Sample: "Peaceful Sundown" by Jan Hammer

8 "Baby Baby Baby Baby Ooh Baby"

Songwriters: K. Mercer, D. Jolicoeur, V. Mason
Additional Vocals: Jazzyfatnastees
Sample: "She's Looking Like a Hobo" by Malcolm McLaren

9 "Long Island Degrees"

Songwriters: K. Mercer, D. Jolicoeur, V. Mason
Sample: "Before I Rest" by Les McCann
Sample: "It Only Happens (When I Look at You)" by Aretha Franklin

10 "Betta Listen"

Songwriters: K. Mercer, D. Jolicoeur, V. Mason

11 "Itzsoweezee (HOT)"

Songwriters: K. Mercer, D. Jolicoeur, V. Mason
Sample: "Hot Dis Year" by Dirtsman

12 "4 More"

Songwriters: K. Mercer, D. Jolicoeur, V. Mason, G. Scott, N. Hall, M. Small, E. Matthew, D. Payne
Sample: "Jimmy's Bonus Beats" by Jungle Brothers
Sample: "A Rose for Booker" by New Dynamic Chico Hamilton Quintet
Sample: "Never Give You Up" by Sharon Redd

13 "Big Brother Beat"

Songwriters: K. Mercer, D. Jolicoeur, V. Mason, D. Beze, S. Anselm

14 "Down Syndrome"

Songwriters: K. Mercer, D. Jolicoeur, V. Mason
Sample: "Talkin' Loud and Saying Nothing" by James Brown

15 "Pony Ride"

Songwriters: K. Mercer, D. Jolicoeur, V. Mason, S. Preston

16 "Stakes Is High"

Songwriters: K. Mercer, D. Jolicoeur, V. Mason, J. Yancey
Sample: "Mind Power" by James Brown
Sample: "Swahililand" by Ahmad Jamal

17 "Sunshine"

Songwriters: K. Mercer, D. Jolicoeur, V. Mason, L. Richie, T. McClary
Sample: "High on Sunshine" by The Commodores
Sample: "Free Angela" by Bayete